magic streets of islands “Büyükada , Istanbul”

A tour of the summer houses on the island of Büyükada remains the best place to see the inventiveness of wood constructions with large ornate houses of all kinds including those with belvederes in the form of neo-baroque turrets.

Istanbul again possesses two neighbourhoods which provide an opportunity to see these more dense urban centres of wood housing – that around the Suleymania Mosque and Zeyrek further down the Golden Horn. Both areas are listed on the UNESCO prestigious World Heritage List. Projects exist to rejuvenate these neighbourhoods but progress has been slow. The neighbourhoods of nineteenth and early twentieth century wooden houses are evaporating as is the very craft that went into their creation. Even the Turkish word for “joiner”– “dulger” — is disappearing from the language.

This includes: Istanbul:my biggest love; Photo Tour:Turkey; some journaling/sketching/painting; writing ideas/thoughts; Genealogic research and attempts to understand life and things that occur in it...[not an easy thing]